TOURNAMENT NOTES as of January 10, 2018 USTA NATIONAL CAMPUS PRO TENNIS CLASSIC ORLANDO, FL • JAN. 14-21 USTA PRO CIRCUIT WOMEN’S TENNIS RETURNS TO THE NEW USTA NATIONAL CAMPUS AT LAKE NONA Pro tennis will return to the new USTA National Campus at Lake Nona in Orlando. TOURNAMENT INFO The USTA National Campus Pro Tennis Classic, a $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit women’s Site: USTA National Campus – Orlando, Fla. event. This is the first of two USTA Pro Circuit women’s tournaments that will be hosted Darren Carroll/USTA Websites: www.ustanationalcampus.com this year at the USTA National Campus. The www.procircuit.usta.com campus will host a $15,000 event in March. Qualifying Draw Begins: Sunday, Jan. 14 Notable players competing in Orlando include: Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, Jan. 16 Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Claire Liu, 17, Thousand Oaks, Calif. Surface: Clay / Outdoor • Became the No. 1-ranked junior in July 2017 after winning the junior Wimbledon Prize Money: $25,000 title—the first American girls’ singles Former world junior No. 1 Claire Liu, 17, won Tournament Director: champion at Wimbledon since Chanda Rubin the junior Wimbledon singles title in 2017. Milagros Sequera Huss, (407) 462-6657 in 1992. [email protected] • Defeated Ann Li at Wimbledon in the Naples, Fla., and $25,000 Caserta, Italy). second-ever all-American girls’ final at • In February 2016, was with the U.S. Fed Co-Tournament Director: Wimbledon, dating back to 1947. Kevin Paczesny, (407) 619-4974 Cup team in Hawaii as part of a junior Fed [email protected] • Also reached the junior French Open final in Cup camp run by USTA Player Development. 2017 in the second-ever all-American Roland Tournament Press Contact: Garros girls’ final and won the junior doubles Usue Maitane Arconada, 19, College Park, Md. Amanda Korba, (914) 697-2219, [email protected] title in 2016. • Ranked as high as No. 5 in the world junior On-Site Press Contact: • Won the 2015 and 2017 Easter Bowl, a rankings. prestigious junior event. Dan Pyser, (407) 462-3184, [email protected] • Won her first pro-level match at age 14, • Also qualified for the 2017 US Open—her PRIZE MONEY / POINTS in qualifying for the WTA’s Citi Open in first-ever Grand Slam main draw appearance. Washington, D.C., in 2013, beating then SINGLES: Prize Money Ranking Points • In March 2015, won first USTA Pro Circuit 26-year-old Maria Irigoyen. In 2016, won her Winner $3,919 50 singles title, at the $10,000 event in Orlando, first WTA match at the Citi Open as a wild Runner-up $2,091 30 Fla. In doing so, at age 14 years, 9 months card. Semifinalist $1,144 18 and 25 days old, became the youngest woman • Reached the final of the $25,000 USTA Pro Quarterfinalist $654 9 to win a USTA Pro Circuit tournament since Circuit event in Pelham, Ala., in 2017, as well Round of 16 $392 5 Anna Kournikova in 1996 and the sixth- as four additional USTA Pro Circuit/ITF Pro Round of 32 $228 - youngest ever. Circuit singles semifinals. DOUBLES: Prize Money (per team) • Captured two USTA Pro Circuit and ITF • Won the junior doubles title at Wimbledon Winner $1,437 Pro Circuit singles titles in 2017 ($25,000 in 2016 (with Claire Liu) and reached the Runner-up $719 girls’ singles quarterfinals; also reached the Semifinalist $359 third round in singles and the quarterfinals Quarterfinalist $196 in doubles at the 2015 and 2016 junior US Round of 16 $131 Open. GettyImages COMMUNITY EVENTS • Born in Argentina and moved to Puerto Rico Friday, Jan. 19 when her father accepted a position as Puerto Veteran’s Appreciation Night, between night matches Rico’s national volleyball coach. Saturday, Jan. 20 Net Generation Kids’ Day, 10 a.m. Grace Min, who trains at the USTA National Campus, has ranked in the Top 100 and as a Sunday, Jan. 21 junior player, won the 2011 junior US Open. Net Generation Team Challenge, 10 a.m. *Player field subject to change TOURNAMENT NOTES Grace Min, 23, Atlanta/Orlando, Fla. holding a 37-2 record in singles. The 37 wins tied the program record • Was out of competition the first three months of 2017. Competed in for single-season victories. US Open, Wimbledon and French Open qualifying last year. • Earned All-America honors in singles and doubles in 2016, making • Captured her ninth career USTA Pro Circuit singles title in 2017 at her the first two-time singles All-American in Ohio State women’s tennis the $60,000 event in Lexington, Ky. history. • Peaked at a career-high No. 97 in the world in March 2015 after • Holds two USTA Pro Circuit and ITF Pro Circuit singles titles, as well reaching the second round of the WTA’s Rio Open and competing in as one doubles title won in 2016 in Canada. Indian Wells. • Reached back-to-back singles finals in June 2017 at the $25,000 • In 2014, reached the semifinals of the WTA event in Bad Gastein, USTA Pro Circuit events in Sumter, S.C., and Baton Rouge, La. Austria—her first-ever WTA semifinal—and competed in the US Open • Competed in the 2017 US Open doubles draw and singles qualifying and French Open main draws and qualifying at Roland Garros. tournament. • Was one of the top juniors in the world in 2011, when she won the • Ranked as high as No. 11 in the ITF World Junior Rankings in 2015. US Open girls’ singles title and the Wimbledon girls’ doubles title, • Advanced to the singles and doubles semifinals at the 2015 junior propelling her to No. 4 in the world junior rankings. US Open. • Trains at the new USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. Sophie Chang, 20, Havre de Grace, Md. Chiara Scholl, 25 • Won the 2016 US Open National Playoffs – Women’s Singles • Spent a majority of the 2017 season competing overseas in Europe Championship to earn a wild card into the US Open Qualifying and South America, winning three ITF Pro Circuit singles titles last year, Tournament in her US Open debut. as well as five doubles titles. • Holds six USTA Pro Circuit doubles titles, including two titles in • Holds nine USTA Pro Circuit/ITF Pro Circuit singles titles and 11 2017, and advanced to the doubles semifinals or better at eight doubles titles overall. additional USTA Pro Circuit events in 2017. • Peaked at No. 164 in the world in singles in 2011. • Committed to play at the University of Virginia before turning pro. • Also goes by Chichi. • Her great-grandfather, Joseph Carpenter, won the mixed doubles title at the 1910 U.S. National Championships. Notable players competing in qualifying include: Robin Anderson, 24, Matawan, N.J. Ann Li, 17, Devon, Pa. • Graduated from UCLA in 2015 after earning All-America honors • Is the No. 13-ranked junior player in the world. in both singles and doubles for four consecutive years, becoming the • Reached the singles final at junior Wimbledon in 2017 in the seventh player in school history to accomplish the feat. second-ever all-American girls’ final at the All England Club, dating • Named the ITA National Collegiate Player of the Year for 2014-15. back to 1947. • Was part of UCLA’s NCAA-title winning team in 2014. Also reached • Won the first USTA Pro Circuit singles title of her career last year at the NCAA doubles final in 2013. the $15,000 event in Evansville, Ind. • At the 2015 US Open, won the American Collegiate Invitational, a • Competed in US Open qualifying in 2017 as a wild card. tournament for the top U.S. college players. • Holds two USTA Pro Circuit singles title ($10,000 Landisville, Pa., Maria Sanchez, 28, Los Angeles in 2011, and $25,000 Redding, Calif., in 2017) and two doubles titles • Has thrived in doubles and has competed in all four Grand Slam ($25,000 Redding, Calif., in 2013, and $25,000 Daytona Beach, Fla., tournaments in doubles, peaking at No. 56 in the world in doubles in in 2017). September 2016. • As a junior player, reached the girls’ singles quarterfinals at the 2010 • Won a WTA doubles title in 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand, with US Open. Sharon Fichman; also holds 18 USTA Pro Circuit/ITF Pro Circuit doubles titles. Katerina Stewart, 20, Miami • Peaked at No. 107 in the world in singles in July 2013. • Won the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Fort Worth, Texas, in • Also in 2013, made her debut in a Grand Slam main draw by earning 2017—her first title since March 2016, when she captured back-to- a wild card into the US Open. back titles at $10,000 events in Weston, Fla., and Orlando, Fla., for her seventh and eighth career USTA Pro Circuit singles titles. • Was the No. 1-ranked collegian and an ITA All-American at the University of Southern California, winning the 2011 USTA/ITA National • Had a strong season on the USTA Pro Circuit in 2015, as well; Indoor Intercollegiate Championship singles title. captured three singles titles and went 13-2 in the spring in a string of $50,000 clay-court events, winning the $50,000 event in Indian • As a junior player, was ranked No. 1 in the U.S. as a 16-year-old and Harbour Beach, Fla. No. 4 in the country as an 18-year-old. • In 2014, won the USTA Girls’ 18s National Clay Court Francesca Di Lorenzo, 20, New Albany, Ohio Championships in Memphis, Tenn., which capped a 34-match winning streak in junior and pro matches, during which she won three USTA Pro • Recently turned pro after spending two full seasons at Ohio State.